Surface ammonia-oxidizer abundance during the late summer in the West Antarctic Coastal System

• Published in: Frontiers in Microbiology
• Main Authors: Alcamán Arias, María E., Cifuentes Anticevic, Jerónimo, Diez, Beatriz, Testa, Giovanni, Troncoso, Macarena, Bello, Estrella, Farías, Laura
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media 2022
• Subjects: Nitrification; Ammonia-oxidizers; Western Antarctic Peninsula; Archaea; Bacteria; Photic layer; Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Greenwich; Greenwich Island; Antarc*
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2022.821902; https://repositorio.uchile.cl/handle/2250/186351

Marine ammonia oxidizers that oxidize ammonium to nitrite are abundant in polar waters, especially during the winter in the deeper mixed-layer of West Antarctic Peninsula (WAP) waters. However, the activity and abundance of ammonia-oxidizers during the summer in surface coastal Antarctic waters rema...